Device for dispensing ginger-ale.



C. W. WOODRY.

DEVICE FOR DISPENSING GINGER ALE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. I915.

1 1 87,59 1 Patented J un 20, 1916. v

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CLIFTON W. WOODRY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD T0 FRANK IE. CLEIGHTON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DEVICE FOR DISPENSING GINGER-ALE.

Specification of Letters Patent. k g tgntgdg J ne 2Q, 1916,

Application filed April 16, 1915. Serial No. 21,706.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLIFTON W. WooDRY, citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Nayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Dispensing Ginger-Ale, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description. of the.

same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for dispensing ginger ale or other effervescent drinks, shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the following specification and claims.

It is customary in dispensing ginger ale to first discharge the beverage into a pitcher or other like container before emptying its contents into glasses in order that the foam due to the pressure, and the gas with which the beverage is charged may in a measure pass away leaving a substantially solid drink. In drug stores and other places in which it is customary to dispense great quantities of ginger ale, the number of pitchers required and the counter space necessary to support them makes it di'liicult to properly provide for customers during the summer season.

One of the objects of my invention therefore is to supply a device which may be readily attached to the faucet or spigot from which the beverage is drawn, and by means of which a suitable percentage of the gas or air contained in its foam may be released that it may be quickly dispensed.

A further object is to avoid the use of unsanitary and unsightly pitchers ordinarilyemployed in dispensing ginger ale and other like drinks, and also the continual overhead expense resulting from broken pitchers.

A further object is to provide for a more rapid dispensing of ginger ale and like drinks than by the well known pitcher method.

A further object is to eliminate the waste" resulting from the latter method of misjudging the volume to be drawn.

A further object is to eliminate the waste resulting from the overflow of foam, it being customary to scrape off the foam of certain beverages,other than ginger ale,- as the liquor enters the glass that a relatively solid drink maybe dispensed.

A further object is to provide means whereby a drink containing a well proportioned so called head may be drawn.

Other advantages and improvements will hereafter appear. p

In the drawings accompanying thisspecification:Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view through the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device with the guard cover removed showing a portion of the wall of the vent plate beneath in section, to disclose one of its radial passages. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device with the guard cover in position. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on line 4.-et of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings :A, denotes a cylindrical chamber preferably formed of glass on which is fitted a cover plate B,having openings or vents B, and with depressions b, in the wall inclined toward the openings.

B is a hub adapted to be connected with a faucet or spigot (not shown) through which the beverageisdelivered to the device.

C, is a plug lodgedin the hub B having a central bore 0, with which the radial. passages b, in the cover plate are connected.

C, is a valve for controlling the delivery of the beverage through the channel 0.

D, denotes a plurality of vertically arranged tubular rods formed in sections (Z, having a screw threaded connection with each other :the bore of the respective rods connecting with one of the radial passages b in the cover plate. The bore of each lower section is closed at its outer end, and provided with a screw-threaded stem projecting through openings in the funnelshaped plate E, which is held in position by the nuts cl. 1

F, F, are gaskets located between the edge of the cylindrical chamber and the upper and lower plates B, and E, assembled therewith.

G, is a depending nozzle projecting downwardly from the opening in the plate E.

H, denotes a plurality of perforated baffle plates spaced apart and respectively held between the sections of the tubular rods D.

I, is a central rotatable shaft, ournaled at one end in the lower baflie plate and at its opposite end in the cover plate B, above.

J, indicates a plurality of propellers mounted on the shaft I, respectively lodged between the several baiile plates B,the blades of each propeller being in staggered relation to the blades of the adjacent propeller, with the upper edges of each bladepreferably bent at an angle to its lower portion, as indicated at J denotes a plurality of transverse openings in the tubular rods D, to direct the flow of the beverage between the several baflle plates and against the blades of the respective propellers. l

@K, designates an annular guard cover having a funnel-shaped opening K sur- -'rounding the hub B, through which gas 7 maybe released.

Having indicated the several parts of the device by reference letters, its construction and operation will be readily understood.

It will be assumed that the hub of the device has been attached to the delivery faucet of a container housing the beverage (not shown) and that the valve C, has been adjusted to control the speed, or delivery through the device :The beverage having been admitted to the device, it passes from the bore in its hub B along the radial passages b, down through the tubular rodsvD, thence out/through the transverse openings cl. between each pair of baflle plates, encountering the mixing or propeller blades J, which are thereby rapidly revolved. The beverage passing also through the perforations in the respective bafile plates is discharged through the nozzle A, depending 3436 from the funnel-shaped plate E.

'the device by way of the inclined walls 6,

surrounding, said openings,the gas con tinuing in its passage out through the funnel-shaped opening K, encircling the hub B of the cover plate. The beverage having been thus relieved of a portion of its gas, a solid drink may be rapidly dispensed while still retaining suflicient gas to give it the desired life or sparkle demanded. The

propeller or mixing blades are bent at their upper margin to check the downward fiow of the beverage through the bafile plates, it

being found that such construction is productive of better results. While I have shown a construction in sage of the beverage, rotatable propellers located adjacent to the, perforated baffle plates having radial blades with their upper margins bent at an angle, whereby a relatively rapid downward movement of the beverage is prevented, and means for venting the chamber of the gas released from the beverage in its passage through the chamber. I

'2. In a dispensing device, a chamber adapted to receive and discharge a beverage conducted thereto, a cover for said chamber having vent openings for the re-- lease of gas, a plurality of perforated baflle plates housed within the chamber and spaced apart, and rotatable-propeller blades located between the balflle plates, adapted to be actuated bythe beverage in its passage through the chamber. a

3. In a dispensing device, a chamber adapted to receive and discharge a beverage conducted thereto vented for the release of gas and having a valve controlled inlet passage, radial channels leading from the inlet passage outwardly, depending tubes within the chamber connected with the radial channels having transverse openings for the dischargeof the beverage from the depending tubes, a plurality of battle plates spaced apart and perforated for the passage of the beverage therethrough, and rotatable propellers located between respective pairs of baffle plates adapted to be actuated bythe beverage discharged through the transverse openings in the dependingtubes.

4. In a dispensing device, a chamber adapted to receive and discharge a beverage delivered thereto, a valve controlling its passage through the chamber, the walls of said chamber having vent openings for the discharge of gas contained in the beverage, fixed means adapted to overlap and shield the vent openings of the chamber against the discharge of moisture while admitting the release of gas, and a plurality of revoluble blades journaled within the chamber adapted to be actuated by'the beverage passing through the chamber. r

5. In a beverage dispensing device of the character described, a chamber having a top cover provided with vent openings and with channels for the passage of a beverage, an

auxiliary cover engaged tothe top cover adapted to overlap the vent openings in the latter, whereby the moisture discharged with the gas released through said openings is arrested, means adapted to return the moisture to the chamber, a plurality of spaced perforated ballie plates located within the chamber through which the beverage passes, a plurality of rotatable blades respectively located between the baflle plates adapted to agitate the beverage, and a plurality of depending tubes respectively connected with the channels in the cover, having transverse openings to direct the beverage against the rotatable blades, thereby actuating the latter.

6. In a beverage" dispensing device, a chamber having a top cover with a valve controlled channel through which the beverage is admitted to the device, radial passages in the top cover leading from the valve controlled passage outwardly, depending tubes formed in sections and respec tively connected with the radial passages having transverse openings for the discharge of the beverage from the tubes, a plurality of revoluble fan blades carried by a vertical shaft journaled within the chamber adapted to be actuated by the beverage discharged from the depending tubes, a

CLIFTON WV. 'WOODRY.

WVitnesses:

S. E. THoMAs, F. C. REIDER.

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